# Don't dare ask a moderator what "political" means **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058 "2005-02-02T22:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/181 "2005-02-10T02:52:26Z")
Am I too late to join in? Is Crandolph going to break the record for most postings in a single thread? Is he going to tell a joke? ---
**Author:** ![JDeMobray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@JDeMobray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JDeMobray)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/182 "2005-02-10T03:08:30Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Is Crandolph going to break the record for most postings in a single thread? [Not. Even. Close.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=43031) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/183 "2005-02-10T04:11:37Z")
Aw man, **JDT!** Dude, does that bring me back! **Crandolph** , take it from someone who’s also been chastized for acting like a terrier with a rat (although I didn’t start that fire)–relax and let it go. I can see your point. It’s kind of just sitting there blinking, but I can see it. Hope that makes you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/184 "2005-02-10T16:52:59Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Is he going to tell a joke? _Tell_ a joke? Hell, he _is_ a joke! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/185 "2005-02-10T17:09:09Z")
I decided this would be a ‘misplaced aggression’ thread when I read the title. The penalties for challenging a moderator, according to the OP, are so ‘severe’ … why, they may explain patiently several times what you did wrong. [pirate voice on] Arrrr! Bring back the plank! [pirate voice off] ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/186 "2005-02-11T02:24:00Z")
Aieeeee! No! Not the patient explaining! Won’t someone think of the _children_? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/187 "2005-02-11T09:17:32Z")
**Mehitabel** , your on-going obsession with your “fire” continues to support his point. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/188 "2005-02-11T17:54:44Z")
If Eutychus is the Queen of the SDMB, I call being the Empress! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/189 "2005-02-11T18:50:09Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > **Mehitabel** , your on-going obsession with your “fire” continues to support his point. You do realize that she hadn’t mentioned him in nearly a month, right? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/190 "2005-02-12T00:24:21Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Aw man, **JDT!** Dude, does that bring me back! > > **Crandolph** , take it from someone who’s also been chastized for acting like a terrier with a rat (although I didn’t start that fire)–relax and let it go. You aren’t one to counsel others to ‘relax and let go’, **Mehitabel** , when you quite obviously have no intention of doing the same. Your conduct during the **Aldbaran** era was disgraceful, and you were warned about it during and after. I am warning you for the last time about this. Do _not_ drag your dreary little grudge onto the board again, directly or obliquely. You certainly have no reason to be proud of your conduct then, and we will not tolerate any futher attempts to gloat over someone who’s banned. _Stop it_, immediately and permanently, or you face banning yourself. TVeblen Pit mod ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/191 "2005-02-12T02:41:35Z")
Hey, I know I made a mistake. That’s why I was asking **Crandolph** to avoid making the same one. Sorry if I ruffled any feathers. But I thought part of being a community was learning from each other. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058/192 "2005-02-12T02:49:02Z")
You’re being disingenuous, **Mehitabel**. You could have offered precisely the same advice without the self-serving “I didn’t start the fire” comment. Offering more self-justification in the guise of advice is neither helpful nor convincing. Since the OP has apparently left this thread for good, not to mention that it’s dying on the vine anyway, this thread is overdue to be euthanized. TVeblen Pit mod [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-dare-ask-a-moderator-what-political-means/288058.md?page=9)